Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIReligion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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The mind has to be empty to see clearly.
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Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.
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From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
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To be free comes not from changing or fixing this world, but from seeing this world as it is and opening the heart in the midst of it.
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The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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Look what is happening in the world – we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture.
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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone.
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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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Knowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
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The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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